Cigital news (European market)

[ken at krvw.com (Kenneth Van Wyk)]

On May 20, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Gary McGraw wrote:
> We believe that the European software security market is 2-3 years  
> behind the US market, but poised for rapid growth that will align it  
> with the US market in a much shorter period.  From what I can tell,  
> the European market is 14-20% the size of the US market.


My experience there tells me that's an over-simplification of the  
situation.

On one hand, some of the OWASP chapter meetings I've gone to in Europe  
have been as well or even better attended than their counterparts I've  
gone to in the US -- primarily in the DC metro area.  And not just in  
terms of quantity.  Many of the folks I've spoken with and worked with  
have been in many cases as well or even better clued than their US  
counterparts.  So there's clearly an eagerness and awareness among the  
practitioners and academics, which is good.

European enterprises, on the other hand, tend to be quite conservative  
in taking to new practices.  They want to see clear justifications  
before diving in.

But I just don't get the feeling that they're trying in any way to  
"align themselves with the US market".  They'll do their own thing in  
their own time, which is as it should be.

 From my own little "nanocosm" perspective, I continue to see the bulk  
of my consulting engagements coming out of Europe and Southeast Asia.   
I've found both markets to be quite receptive to software security  
efforts for the past several years.

Cheers,

Ken

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